Woman Sues Cosby, Hefner Claiming Sexual Abuse

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WEST PALM BEACH (CBSMiami/AP) - A West Palm Beach attorney has filed a suit against Bill Cosby on behalf of a woman who claims the comedian sexually battered her at the Playboy mansion in 2008.

Also named in the suit is Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.

The suit filed Monday in Los Angeles by Chloe Goins contends Hefner knew or should have known that Cosby had drugged and sexually abused women and enabled his behavior.

Goins, 26, claims she and a friend went to the mansion where Hefner offered them drinks which Cosby brought them, according to attorney Spencer Kuvin.

Shortly after drinking her drink, Goins felt "woozy" and Cosby escorted her to a room in the mansion where should could lie down.

Goins claims when she awoke, she was nude in bed and Cosby was sucking her toes and masturbating. She also claims her chest was wet, as if it had been licked.

According to her suit, when Cosby realized she was awake, he pulled up his pants and quickly left the room. She did not immediately contact police because a friend advised against it, the suit states.

Goins originally said the incident happened on August 9th which would have made her 18 at the time. Last January, attorney Marty Singer said on August 9, 2008, was in New York City - 2,500 miles from the Mansion. The suit filed Monday claims Goins doesn't know the exact date of the incident. As a result, it's unclear if she was a minor at the time.

The lawsuit seeks damages for sexual battery, gender violence, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, and conspiracy.

Kuvin said he hopes to discover the exact date of the abuse now that Hefner is a defendant. The case was filed on Monday to avoid missing a statute of limitations deadline.

Kuvin said Goins is not currently working and is in a safe place with her family.

Prosecutors rejected filing a criminal case over her claims, in part because they couldn't corroborate her account and because that statute of limitations had expired.

Her suit claims Hefner knew, or should have known, that Cosby "over the years had a propensity for intoxicating or drugging young women and taking advantage of them sexually and against their will or while they were unconscious."

Goins previously sued Cosby in federal court in Los Angeles in October then withdrew the case in February before the comedian responded to her allegations.

Kuvin said the case was withdrawn so Hefner could be added as a defendant. The case was refiled in state court.

Cosby has been charged in Pennsylvania with sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee in 2004.

The case is on appeal while Cosby's lawyers argue their contention that the comedian cannot be prosecuted because he had an immunity deal with a former Montgomery County prosecution official.

Cosby is also being sued by a woman who accuses the comedian of molesting her at the Playboy Mansion around 1974 when she was 15. Her attorneys have said they want to depose Hefner in that case.

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